There let Hymen oft appear,
In saffron robe and taper clear,
And pomp and feast and revelry,
With mask and antic pageantry;
Such sights as youthful poets dream,
On summer eves by haunted stream.
George Hayto, who married Anne, the daughter of Joseph and Dinah Colin,
of Crosby mill, purposes having a Bridewain at his house at Crosby, near
Maryport, on Thursday, the 7th day of May next, (1789), where he will be
happy to see his friends and well-wishers; for whose amusement there
will be a variety of races, wrestling-matches, &c. &c. The prizes will
be--a saddle, two bridles, a pair of _gands d’amour_, gloves, which,
whoever wins, is sure to be married within the twelvemonths; a girdle
(_ceinture de Venus) possessing qualities not to be described;_ and many
other articles, sports, and pastimes, too numerous to mention, but which
can never prove tedious in the exhibition.
From fashion’s laws and customs free,
We welcome sweet variety;
By turns we laugh, and dance, and sing;
Time’s for ever on the wing;
And nymphs and swains on Cumbria’s plain,
Present the golden age again.
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